Houthis, Saudis Discuss Ending Yemen War, Sources Say

March 9, 2016 1:49 PM

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Cairo/Dubai: Iran-allied Houthis and their Saudi foes have begun talks to try to end Yemen's war, two officials said, in what appears their most serious bid to close a theatre of Saudi-Iranian rivalry deepening political tumult across the Middle East.

A delegation from Yemen's Houthi movement is in neighbouring Saudi Arabia, they said, in the first visit of its kind since the war began last year between Houthi forces and an Arab military coalition led by Saudi Arabia, a foe of Tehran.